Heartbreak............and triumph. {GRAPHIC PICTURE WARNING}

[angllady2]

Well, I expect no less from a looser like you, however the wonderful thing about the internet is I can ignore the jerks I choose to, that is SUCH a wonderful feature here. You just continue to congratulate yourself on being the only ball python breeder ever in the universe who never had an accident.

Now, to those who's opinion actually matters to me.

Yes, this is a lesson learned the hard way. That is why I took the time in the midst of my grief to document what happened. For all those of us living in the real world where accidents do happen, like the member who's cat knocked over the incubator while he was a at work and spilled his clutch onto the floor, it is important to remember bad things can happen even to the best of us. I seem to remember Markus Jayne hatching an eyeless bumblebee recently. I'd love for someone to tell him what a bad person and breeder he is. Ben Seigel has a few eyeless as well. I guess we all know not to buy from them ever again.

All that aside, yes this was intended to show people with little experience, which includes myself, that things can and do go wrong, and steps that can be taken to help prevent it. Of course, contrary to what some people believe, you can do everything right and still have things go wrong, at least for those of us living on planet Earth. So yes, I know I caused this to happen. I never said I didn't. My intention is to show those who are new to breeding, that it's not going to be all sunshine and roses and perfect babies. Reality sucks, so learn from my mistake and don't make the same one yourself.

And as to culling the eyeless babies, they are eating and growing just fine and I see no reason to cull. By your definition, I guess all the blind people of the world should be put to death as well, hmmm? While we are at it, lets put all the deaf people to death, not to mention the babies born with defects. It is after all the responsible thing to do. Those born with dwarfism should go as well, and all those born without their full mental capacity can be added to the list. Of course, that would mean you would go as well, but hey I'm okay with that. Then we need to add the people like Sean Bradley who fell and was paralyzed from the chest down, since he's not perfect anymore. All the soldiers who have lost limbs in combat can go as well. As we can certainly clear out the old folks homes while we are at it, since most of them are no where near perfect anymore. All the police officers and firefighters who have been seriously injured in the line of duty can go. You know what ? I think you singlehandedly figured out the way to end overpopulation!

Now that I have that out of my system.

The other het emerged this morning, and has a lovely banded pattern. It's big baby too, at 78 grams. I will be posting updates after the babies shed and begin to feed, for those people here whom I actually care to hear from, since I know most of the people here aren't such { an impolite term for a donkey }.

Gale